AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks. I needed that. I can't figure out the Maryland Terps b-ball team. :( :p
Indeed. Good thing your coach is such a mild-mannered gent and can take all this inconsistency in stride. :D
How would you like to be on the NCAA selection committee and figure out where to seed Maryland????
Thankfully, in Tallahassee college baseball season has arrived and we can put away the nightmare of college hoops.
How would you like to be on the NCAA selection committee and figure out where to seed Maryland????
That's an easy one. Just put them in the NIT. :p Make room for more Big East schools. After all, we've proven this year that you can take Big East bottom-feeders, put them in the ACC, and they'll become contenders. :;):
How would you like to be on the NCAA selection committee and figure out where to seed Maryland????
That's an easy one. Just put them in the NIT. :p Make room for more Big East schools. After all, we've proven this year that you can take Big East bottom-feeders, put them in the ACC, and they'll become contenders. :;):
Why doesn't the Big East make room for itself by beating ACC teams? Who are the former Big Easters that are contending in the ACC, anyway? Ya still got the big three of UNC, Duke and Wake.
Notice how teams from the Big East consider moving to the ACC but not in the other direction? That tells me which conference is considered the better of the two by the folks in the business.
Even Ric Flair knew it was best to rassle in an ACC state. We have the learned and cultured upbringing necessary to appreciate a good eye-gouge, tastefully done.
Maybe the direction of the movement says a lot about where the money is in college sports (football).
Hey, I see Va Tech, who had serious trouble even making the Big East tournament year after year is over .500 and in fourth, and Miami, where the basketball players sometimes get confused and show up in pads, is at .500.
I don't know about the rest of the Big East, btw, but WVU played one ACC team this year (NC State) and knocked them off handily down at their place. Va Tech refused to even play them on a neutral court this year. :p
Keep Talking about the ACC and the Big East.
The Big Ten is where its at.
And Nick, Natch is from Minnesota. A Big Ten State.
Now, boys, boys - you have to behave.....
I still suffering and the bantering is hurting my head....:p :D
Now to important issues....Marc, please, the Big East has always been well, the Big Easy for us in the ACC (my Terps excluded).
As for the tournament selection committee - I don't know what to tell them. The dual personality team of the Terps has everyone scratching their heads. I think it has something to do with emotional maturity on the part of the team individually and collectively - thinking John Gilchrist here.
Oh well, we'll just have to wait and see.
And, Marc, I'm only kidding. Er, um, who is left in the Big East anyway?
Keep Talking about the ACC and the Big East.
The Big Ten is where its at.
And Nick, Natch is from Minnesota. A Big Ten State.
Flair repented.
Maybe the direction of the movement says a lot about where the money is in college sports (football).
Hey, I see Va Tech, who had serious trouble even making the Big East tournament year after year is over .500 and in fourth, and Miami, where the basketball players sometimes get confused and show up in pads, is at .500.
I don't know about the rest of the Big East, btw, but WVU played one ACC team this year (NC State) and knocked them off handily down at their place. Va Tech refused to even play them on a neutral court this year. :p
Our firm used to do certain accounting work for a university sports conference. Basketball, not football, made the money for them.
Less players, more games, tournament dough, etc.
I would be shocked if football brought in more money than basketball to Carolina, Duke or Wake. Well, given their football programs, I'd be surprised if football netted more money than a randomly chosen foosball table in one of their dorms. Especially Duke football.
I was at the WVU-NC State game. State didn't have Hodges out there playing and it showed. WVU bragging about that win is like you or me bragging about whupping some dude because when we went to fight him we find him already beat up and we just have to lay an arm across him for the three count.
(not mentioning the last two NCAA championships. . . )
WVU just won at Pitt, so maybe they'll get to play another ACC team in the tourney. At 17-8, and a 7-7 conference record with games left against Rutgers and Seton Hall, they should make it unless they get upset. One positive is that they play a team game, so one player out isn't going to destoy the team.
As far as money goes, it was a money deal for the teams going to the ACC and for the league itself. The basketball schools were the losers there. That was wholly a football deal; I'm not sure the conference realized how much it would lose in basketball prestige down the line.
btw, I could be wrong, but I believe the Big East is 5-2 in head to head matchups against ACC teams this year, with two of those wins coming from lowly St. John's. :cool:
On a serious note, though, WVU's coach has done a tremendous job getting the team to where it is now. He came in after the previous coach, who had been there for decades, quit when he couldn't get control of his players. Coach Beilein cleaned house, recruited good people, kicked the team's leading scorer off the team in mid-season when he threw a tantrum about not being allowed to stay in a game to continue a personal scoring streak, then didn't show up at the meeting scheduled to talk about it, and turned the team into a balanced winner. The one player he kept from the previous regime, senior Tyrone Salley, is the consumate team player who had to be convinced to start taking shots, and is now the team's leading scorer (not by a lot).
Beilein's brought class to the program, and, even though the talent's not quite there, I hope they make the NCAA's this year and show that sometimes the wins come when you just take care of business and do things right.
Now, boys, boys - you have to behave.....
I still suffering and the bantering is hurting my head....:p :D
Now to important issues....Marc, please, the Big East has always been well, the Big Easy for us in the ACC (my Terps excluded).
As for the tournament selection committee - I don't know what to tell them. The dual personality team of the Terps has everyone scratching their heads. I think it has something to do with emotional maturity on the part of the team individually and collectively - thinking John Gilchrist here.
Oh well, we'll just have to wait and see.
And, Marc, I'm only kidding. Er, um, who is left in the Big East anyway?
Hey, why wasn't Maryland on WVU's schedule this year, anyway? ??? Seems it would have been a good year to have them there.
Keep Talking about the ACC and the Big East.
The Big Ten is where its at.
And Nick, Natch is from Minnesota. A Big Ten State.
Yeah, the Big Ten. There's Illinois, and, uh. . . . :D
Think they can win it all? I'm not sure there are any great teams out there, so they might just breeze. Who knows?
Marc
Hey, why wasn't Maryland on WVU's schedule this year, anyway? Seems it would have been a good year to have them there.
I'm not so sure. Seems Maryland can play in big games and then not show up on days they're expected to win. Talk about frustrating!!!! By the way, which team in the Big East do you cotton to the most? (An old phrase my dad use to say)
I would also be careful with MSU, if they beat Wisconsin and restore some confidence.
Marc
Hey, why wasn't Maryland on WVU's schedule this year, anyway? Seems it would have been a good year to have them there.
I'm not so sure. Seems Maryland can play in big games and then not show up on days they're expected to win. Talk about frustrating!!!! By the way, which team in the Big East do you cotton to the most? (An old phrase my dad use to say)
WVU. So we won't talk about any football played before last season. :D
Actually, the way last season went, it may be best to not mention football at all (at least until we see if the running back who, in a fit of insanity, chose WVU over Ohio State and USC, even after receiving a phone call during the post-Orange Bowl celebration from Pete Carroll, saves the team and the league single-handedly). :cool:
Looks like WVU's going dancin'. Second-round tournament win over BC today (with WVU's leading scorer Salley out with the flu), 20th win of the season, puts them 2 over in conference.
In the last minute, the MSG crowd chanted "ACC" over and over. :p
Marc -
I'm fightin' the blues.......
Congrats to WVU. I hope you guys go far.......or at least until you run into an ACC team! :D
Thanks.
Big East Finals!!!!
(this is a pretty shocking run.)
Marc -
I duff my hat to WVU. Great playing. Onto the dance!!
Steve
Well it happened. Two overtimes to beat Wake Forest.
And I'm too tired to even think about it. I can at least celebrate virtually.
:clap: :party:
Bring on Bobby Knight & Texas Tech. WVU will be a bit farther from home this time.
Well it happened. Two overtimes to beat Wake Forest.
And I'm too tired to even think about it. I can at least celebrate virtually.
:clap: :party:
Bring on Bobby Knight & Texas Tech. WVU will be a bit farther from home this time.
I was for Wake. I watched about the last three minutes of regular time and the overtimes. If it was a fist fight I would have figured it was WVU that showed up on the Wake front porch calling them out into the street. The team playing to win certainly has an edge on the team playing to not lose.
But then we faithful to the true ACC religion got our revenge by the Wolfpack slaughtering UCONN in a three point blow out.
The true ACC religion? :rofl:
Everyone knows that the true religion is Big 10 religion. :disco:
The Big Ten is of the denominations.
The Big Ten is of the Denominations?
:rofl:
I thought the ACC, standed for the American Catholic Conference. :crackup:
No. The ACC is the true and all others are the inovators and digressives.
Come out from among them and be ye separate.
Well it happened. Two overtimes to beat Wake Forest.
And I'm too tired to even think about it. I can at least celebrate virtually.
:clap: :party:
Bring on Bobby Knight & Texas Tech. WVU will be a bit farther from home this time.
Albuquerque is practically a home game for Tech. I'm betting the crowd will be huge.
I don't know if it's going to matter much, however.
We'll see what the General has up his sleeve.
I always thought the people at IU were a bunch of idiots for letting the General go.
I guess some were all choked up about it.
Albuquerque is practically a home game for Tech. I'm betting the crowd will be huge.
That's what I'm afraid of. WVU had the home crowd in Cleveland--even more so than you would have noticed on television, according to WVU's announcers--due to a combination of proximity and Ganzey, who scored 19 points in the overtimes against Wake, being from Cleveland.
That'll be turned around Thursday.
Ronald Ross, our big guy lately, is from Hobbs, N.M. That's quite a ways from Albuquerque, but still . . .
Ross started out as a walk-on, btw.
Marc
Congrats to WVU!!! Truly great run they're having.
As to the ACC (Actual Calvinistic Christians :whistle: - just kidding Nick) we still have NCS, UNC and Duke (although rooting for Duke is not easy nor should it ever be).
My brackets are obliterated. I'm part of a team bracket in the ESPN contest. My personal bracket is listed in 2,452,593rd place!!! I'm not kidding. Whoa - talk about a blow to the ego.
I still have Duke, UNC and Illinois in the Final 4 though. With apologies to Marc.
To WVU -
:clap:
Marc
Congrats to WVU!!! Truly great run they're having.
As to the ACC (Actual Calvinistic Christians :whistle: - just kidding Nick) we still have NCS, UNC and Duke (although rooting for Duke is not easy nor should it ever be).
My brackets are obliterated. I'm part of a team bracket in the ESPN contest. My personal bracket is listed in 2,452,593rd place!!! I'm not kidding. Whoa - talk about a blow to the ego.
I still have Duke, UNC and Illinois in the Final 4 though. With apologies to Marc.
To WVU -
:clap:
Rooting for Duke may not always be easy, but it's always right.
Rooting for Duke may not always be easy, but it's always right.
Amen.
Rooting for Duke may not always be easy, but it's always right.
Nick -
My Maryland grad son would take a slightly different view.
With apologies to all you Duke fans, Nick and Coachk - they're just a wonderful team to root against. They have my respect, but not my heart.
Good luck to you guys. I'm watching the NIT tomorrow (Maryland v. Davidson) - go figure. :doh: :cry:
I want Duke to lose. Not because I hate Duke, but because I am a Michigan State fan.
Rooting for Duke may not always be easy, but it's always right.
Nick -
My Maryland grad son would take a slightly different view.
With apologies to all you Duke fans, Nick and Coachk - they're just a wonderful team to root against. They have my respect, but not my heart.
Good luck to you guys. I'm watching the NIT tomorrow (Maryland v. Davidson) - go figure. :doh: :cry:[/color]
Everyone I know was pulling for Maryland when they played for the national title. Are we Maryland fans? No. But we do have the common decency, COMMON DECENCY!!!, to support the ACC against the infidels.
I can't support the Calvinists.
I support the Big Ten, just like Ric Flair would.
I can't support the Calvinists.
I support the Big Ten, just like Ric Flair would.
Jerry -
Now that is funny!! :rofl:
So, what do you think of Batista now?
Nick -
You make a very good point. But when UNC and Duke play (if they play) I will definitely be rooting for one and not the other. But I never knew there was anything decent about Duke :eek: :noworry: :D
I do think Coach K is an awesome coach though. And I've been very impressed with how the rest of Duke has been playing with Redick being off the top of his game.
Steve
He's a big guy, Steve. Didn't know you watched wrestling.
I don't watch it religiously like I once did. But I still keep up with it.
I can't support the Calvinists.
I support the Big Ten, just like Ric Flair would.
Ric Flair, upon coming to his senses, saw the error of his ways and moved to an ACC state.
He's a big guy, Steve. Didn't know you watched wrestling.
I don't watch it religiously like I once did. But I still keep up with it.
Rasslin has been overrun by digressive inovators. It used to be all about beating guys up. Now it's about their imaginary personal lives and who cares about that?
Rasslin should return to orthodoxy and be about beatin' the snot out of each other with all comments related as to whether or not you're going to pulverize your next opponent.
Jerry -
I'm going to be a whoppin' 55 years old in April. When I was 5 I started watching this long running squared circled soap opera and haven't been able to completely shake the addiction.
I go back to Lou Thesz, Bobo Brazil, Argentina Apollo, then onto Bruno, Haystacks, a supposed German called Hans Mortier, Gene Kiniski, Buddy Rogers, Killer Kawalski and the list goes on and on and on.
Of course, I think Vince McMahon has gone into some pretty tawdry story lines that have caused me to edit my watching. But I've always liked the good guys (fan favorites) v. the bad guys (villains) with the flip flopping from bad to good (redemption) and alas good to bad (falling) and back again.
Ever notice how wrestlers come onto the scene - for the most part - as bad guys and seem to always end careers as good guys.
Ok, everybody, I am now fully out of the wrasslin' closet. :whistle: :rofl:
I guess when and where I was a kid we had our own little bunch -
The good guys were easy to find - The Funks - Dorey Funk, Sr. (inventor of the spinning toe hold), Dorey Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk. And Rapid Ricky Romero, from Mexico City.
The bad guys were a diverse lot - Pak Song, the KO-rean Killer with his Iron Claw hold; some alleged Germans, and the two real baddies - Bull Ramos and Apache Gringo.
Then we had Dr. Blood and The Medic, who both wore masks.
Now that was Rasslin'. Live every Tuesday at the Ector County Colisseum.
I started watching wrasslin' when I was about 3. My dad always discouraged watching it because he wrestled in high school and college and couldn't stand it.
I always liked the bad guys, like Flair. In the late 80's you had a stable with Flair, Hall, and Hennig. You just don't get stuff like that anymore. There are no good stables like the Horseman and what not.
I attended a few Raws a couple of years ago. The first one was back around 2000 at the Joe Louis Arena before Angle won the title. The second was at the Van Andel in Grand Rapids about 2 years ago.
Even though I didn't watch it at the time, the Andy Kauffman/Jerry Lawler feud was classic.
My dad used to drive a buddy of mine and I down to Greenville SC to watch rasslin. Ric Flair was tag-teaming with Rip Hawk. I saw Jack Brisco defend his world title against the Super Destroyer.
The best match I ever saw was a cage match between Ric Flair and Steamboat in Asheville. We had second row seats. We were being given the evil eye by some ol' lady and a bunch of girls in front of us because we were pullin' for bad guys. I was eventually hit by a pocketbook.
The second best was when Wahoo McDaniel beat up a guy in the stands. It was about three seats down from me so I took it as a sign I'd better go buy some Coke instead of stick around and someone pull out a heater.
Sweet!!!
When I was at Raw at the Van Andel some dude asked me to go outside to settle our differences.
My brother, one of my friends, and I were ten rows from ringside on the floor. The Rock had just come out and everyone was chanting "Rocky, Rocky" as he was a good guy at the time. As the chant slowed down, we stood up on our chairs and started screaming "Rocky Sucks, Rocky Sucks." The pipsqueak in front of me, got in my face after that and asked me if I wanted to go outside.
I thought it was pretty funny.
WWwhhoooaaa!!!! Nice to meet you rasslin' nuts. Being from the Northeast - actually mid-Atlantic - the WWF dominated the airwaves. That's why I really liked it when Ted Turner tried to beat McMahon. I was able to see the NWA and allied conferences. Now that was some great rasslin'.
The Four Horsemen were absolutely great. The Andersons, Blanchard and the Natcha Boy!!
It was interesting to see BOG's Texas influence where the Funks were considered good guys down there and absolutely the worst up in my neck of the woods.
My favorite tag team partners were the Valiants - Jimmy and Johnny. I really liked their act - struttin' and posin'. They were great.
Also, the best match I ever saw (it actually looked as close to real as any match I ever saw) was Rick Rude v. Brent Hart. It was so brutal. A classic.
The biggest star that happened to be the worst wrestler has to go to Hulk Hogan. But what an incredible marketing job by McMahon. His marketing techniques should be taught in every MBA program.
Grace-centered rasslin' fans. Go figure.
Steve
The pipsqueak in front of me, got in my face after that and asked me if I wanted to go outside.
I thought it was pretty funny.
:rofl:
Being a little dude he might have pulled an international object on ya.
The Four Horsemen were absolutely great. The Andersons, Blanchard and the Natcha Boy!!
Ole and Gene. Back in the 70s Ole was stabbed with a file by a fan while rasslin here in Asheville. Well, it was something like that, it was in the papers and all.
Ole and Gene most certainly developed tag team rasslin' into a hard science. I've always considered them slighted by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
And that fight Wahoo got into with a fan? Tully Blanchard was the guy in the ring. Wahoo pinned Blanchard pretty quick and then Blanchard sat right up looking at the guy that Wahoo literally stomped on the floor until the cops came and hauled the rogue fan out. Wahoo evidently told Tully to get the match over with quick 'cause he had someone to stomp.
My favorite tag team partners were the Valiants - Jimmy and Johnny. I really liked their act - struttin' and posin'. They were great.
Jimmy "Boogie Woogie" Valiant is one of the most under-rated, under-appreciated rasslers I've ever seen. I might try to share some memories later on. Gotta work now.[/color]
Nick -
How old are you? Did you know that Ted DiBiase is a Christian?
Steve
Shawn Michaels converted as well.
Nick -
How old are you? Did you know that Ted DiBiase is a Christian?
Steve
it seems lots of rasslers are. Even Ivan Koloff.
I don't recall ever seing Dibiase in the squated-circle.
I've always heard Blanchard hung up his tights to preach.
I'm 45. I weigh about 235.
If you're more than twice my age or less than half my weight, just come on anytime you think you're ready. Just don't pull any international objects on me.
I guess I can't go after you, I don't weigh much less than you.
You don't remember "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase?
I guess I can't go after you, I don't weigh much less than you.
You don't remember "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase?
I've heard the name, yet don't recall so much as an eyepoke in the squared-circle. Was he a rassler or a manager? I guess I'll google him.
Well, I just googled him and I do recall him a little. I still can't recall ever seeing him walk that aisle, though.[/color]
Nick
Ted was in the WWF and NWA. He had been around for a long time. I think he tried to start a professional Christian wrestling conference. Don't think that had much success.
By the way, I asked your age only to get a sense of how far back you go. I've got 10 years on ya - but I can't do the Nature Boy thing except to say - WHOOOOOOOOOOO.
I still can't believe he takes those falls - from high up even. He's got to be 55 if a day.
Jerry - how old is Flair?
By the way, I always liked Hall's Razor character with the toothpick, hair curl and snarl.
Flair was born on February 25, 1949. Be sure to mark your calendars.